How Gandhi Nehru family is related to Chengizkhan and Mughals? I have told you already about the fact that the present day Gandhi’s are not at all related to Mahatma Gandhi and they are actually related to the emperor of Mongol Empire, the Chengizkhan. Let me elaborate this. I think you all are aware of the Mughal dynasty that it was founded in India when Zahir ud-din Muhammad Babur (who was a descendent of Chengiz Khan), hailing from Ferghana (Modern Uzbekistan), invaded parts of Northern India. Initially he undertook raids up to 1524 and had established his base camp at Peshawar. Finally in 1526 in his fifth attempt, Babur defeated the last of the Delhi Sultans, Ibrahim Shah Lodi, the ruler of Delhi, at the First Battle of Panipat. Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Bahadur shah, Farrukhsiyar all are his descendents. Furrukhsiyar is the person of importance here. Babur--->Humayun--->Akbar--->Jahangir--->Shahjahan--->Aurangzeb Alamgir--->Bahadur shah--->Farrukhsiyar. This Mughal king Farrukhsiyar who, on a visit to Kashmir brought Raj Kaul, a scholar of great eminence of Sanskrit and Persian, to Delhi in 1716 AD. Furrukhsiyar allotted him a fief on the shores of a canal, i.e. ‘nahar’ near the red fort, after which the family came to be known as the ‘Kaul Nahars’. Raj Kaul was the son of the cook, Ganga Ram Brahmin’s (the infamous Gangu). He served in Guru Gobind Singh ji’s kitchen for 20 years and later betrayed them by getting Mother Gujri ji and 2 younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji captured by the Mughals. The Mughal (Vajeer Khan) not only retracted from giving the promised reward to Gangu but also took away Mother Gujri ji’s property from his possession. This same Gangu’s son Raj Kaul ran away to Kashmir in fear of the retaliation of the Sikhs. Since he was educated he was working on a government job. When the later Mughal, Farrukhsiyar came to know of the favour that Gangu did to the Mughals, he found out his family (Raj Kaul) and asked them to come back to Delhi. This is how the family is related to Mughals.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:23:24 +0000
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